Leaders of government and industry gathered at Roadmaps to New Nuclear 2024 on 19-20 Septembe.

The Expert Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (EGPC) is responsible for supporting and advising the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) in carrying out it...

CSNI and CNRA held their biannual meetings and a joint session at the NEA headquarters.

In 1995 the WGIP issued Status Report on Inspection Philosophy, Inspection Organisation and Inspection Practices, NEA/CNRA/R(94)3, OCDE/GD(95)3. Included was information on the regulatory bodies in 1...

This report is focused on the analysis of construction events currently reported to the WGRNR. In order to carry out this analysis, a construction event database (ConEx) has been developed within the...

The WGIP Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Observed Inspection Practices Programme is intended to promote co-operation and learning among member countries and to collect and provide them with information for...

Following a special topical discussion held on the characteristics of an effective regulator at the 27th CNRA meeting on 4-5 June 2012 and subsequent discussions at the 28th CNRA meeting on 3-4 Decem...

Independent safety regulation has been a hallmark of the global nuclear power sector from its beginnings. Industry and government have long understood the importance of a predictable and adaptable re...

Over the previous decade, the CNRA has produced a series of regulatory guidance reports known as the "green booklets". These reports are prepared and peer reviewed by senior regulators. They provide ...

As part of the recommendations made in the CNRA report on Future Nuclear Regulatory Challenges, the issue of regulatory effectiveness was considered of high importance. As a result of this report, a ...

Insights from Leaders in Nuclear Energy shares personal insights through a series of in-depth conversations between the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Director-General and leading figures in the sector. ...

CNRA held several workshops in 1996 and 2001 on the licensing of Digital I&C Systems and a Joint CSNI/CNRA Task Group presented a study on research and regulatory needs in this are in 2006. This work...

This report builds on a previous WGIP report published in 1998, Inspection of Licensee Activities in Emergency Planning [NEA/CNRA/R(98)2]. The WGIP members considered that it was a timely to revisit ...

This report issued by Working Group for Inspection Practices (WGIP) aims to examine and evaluate how maintenance programs are inspected and the benefits of the inspections. This information would the...

The report presents information on regulatory inspection activities with respect to emergency planning in NEA Member countries. The focus of the report is on the third section. It reviews the similar...

This report originated at the 35th meeting of the Working Group of Inspection Practices (WGIP) Members aimed to examine and evaluate the extent corrective action programmes (CAPs) are inspected and t...

Based on a proposal made by the Japanese delegation, WGIP with the approval of CNRA began a task on the Inspection of Maintenance on Safety Systems during Operation of NPPs is 1999. Response to a sur...

The following inspector qualification guideline has been developed for guidance of qualification of a new inspector recruited to the regulatory body. This guideline has been developed for helping the...

The attached tables 1,2 are a comparison of international practises with respect to license periods for nuclear-related licensed activities. These tables were prepared by the Canadian Nuclear Safety ...

The main objective of this international workshop held in Madrid, Spain, on 24-26 April 2017, was to provide a forum to exchange information and allow groups of nuclear safety experts to discuss thei...

This appendix provides the complete compilation of responses received to the questionnaire issued in conjunction with the workshop announcements. The responses are provided as received, with changes ...

In 1998, the NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) began an activity, the objective of which was to advance the discussion on how to enhance and measure regulatory effectiveness in re...

This Joint Strategic Plan for the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) takes into account the evolving statut of the nucle...

This Joint Strategic Plan for the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) takes into account the evolving status of the nucle...

The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) held their biannual meetings from 6 to 9 December 2021 and discussed the evol...

CNRA/CSNI meetings, May-June 2021.

Based on a request of Committees, an Organising Committee of Experts on sofware licensing issues was established to develop a state-of-the-art view of the technological problems and methods for ident...

This report is the third in a series of the WGOE (Working Group on Operating Experience) of reports on recurring events. The first two reports NEA/CSNI/R(1999)19 and NEA/CSNI/R(2003)13 discussed a va...

Este informe fue preparado por el Grupo de Trabajo de Comunicación Pública de las Organizaciones Reguladoras Nucleares (WGPC) del Comité sobre Actividades Reguladoras Nucleares (CNRA) de la Agencia d...

DOI: 10.1787/cd079210-en

This report further explores some of the key elements presented in The Safety Culture of an Effective Regulatory Body (2016), commonly known as the NEA Green Booklet, and pro...

CSNI and CNRA meetings took place on 4-7 June.

CSNI and CNRA members gathered for bi-annual meetings.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) sponsored a Forum on Insights and Approaches as a result of the Fukushima Accident. The forum was held at...

An international Workshop on Challenges and Enhancements to Defence in Depth (DiD) in Light of the Fukushima Daiichi Accident was jointly organised by the NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activiti...

NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) meeting, 2‑3 December 2019.

NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) meeting, 2‑3 June 2020.

This report was prepared by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC). Th...

“Social media” is a term referring to various activities that integrate technology, social interaction and content creation. Social media can also be thought of as a way of using technology to “enabl...

Regulatory bodies must consider how to develop and deploy its own resources in order to deliver the right level of regulatory oversight against these and other areas of organisational development.

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This supplementary document contains the appendices that are referred to in the proceedings report for the NEA Workshop on Regulatory Oversight of New Licensee Organisational Capability [NEA/CNRA/R(2...

CNRA/CSNI meetings, December 2020

Evaluation of safety significant events including the Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident indicate that lessons to be learnt from OPEX could provide an important prevention tool if implemented in a timely...